Child Brain Injuries From Basketball See Drastic Increase | Los Angeles Brain Injury Lawyers
Child brain injuries from basketball have risen by 70% in the past ten to eleven years, according to a new study of basketball-related injuries in children (reports WBAL-TV). Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Center for Injury Research and Policy, who conducted the study of more than ten years of injury data, reported that the rise [...]
September 17, 2010
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California School Sports Safety & Brain Injuries: New Standards for Metal Bats
The debate over metal baseball bats, which we discussed in a blog post in April, has brought about a response in the state of California: although metal bats have not been banned, new safety standards have been set for all bats, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. When 16-year-old pitcher Gunnar Sandberg suffered a life-threatening [...]
August 25, 2010
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Backless Booster Seats Increase Risk of Child Brain Injuries | California Brain Injury Lawyers
Backless booster seats significantly increase the risk of child brain injuries from auto accidents, according to a new study involving a crash test dummy and various booster seats (reports The Med Guru news website). In the study, researchers found that backless booster seats provide little protection for young children in side-impact collisions, since young kids [...]
June 29, 2010
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Little League Player Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Struck by Line Drive
Little League might bear the name “little,” but it isn’t exempt from “big” injuries. The family of twelve-year-old Aaron Fox understands the paradox of serious injuries in children’s sports all too well: the young Florence, Cincinnati, ball player suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck in the skull by a line drive at [...]
April 27, 2010
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